Sue Wilkins Myrick

Infobox Congressman
name= Sue Myrick


width=
state=North Carolina
district=9th
party=Republican
term_start = January 3, 1995
preceded=Alex McMillan
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth= birth date and age|1941|08|01
place of birth= Tiffin, Ohio
religion = Methodist
alma_mater= HS diploma
residence= Charlotte, North Carolina
spouse=Ed Myrick
occupation=advertising executive

Sue Wilkins Myrick (born August 1, 1941) is a North Carolina congresswoman; she has represented North Carolina's 9th Congressional district ( [http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/nc09_109.gifmap] ) in the United States House of Representatives since 1995. From 1987 to 1991, Myrick served as the first and so far only female mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. She was previously a member of Charlotte City Council from 1983 to 1985 and is the former president of an advertising and public relations firm. In 1992, she ran for US Senate, but lost in the primary to Lauch Faircloth.

Congressional career

In 1994, Myrick was elected to the House succeeding five-term incumbent Alex McMillan. Myrick is one of the most conservative members of the House. She chaired the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, in the 108th Congress.

Myrick was overwhelmingly elected to her sixth consecutive term in the 2004 Congressional elections, earning 70% of the popular vote and defeating Democrat Jack Flynn. Similarly, she defeated Democrat William Glass in 2006 with almost 67 percent of the vote. [ [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=207150 Our Campaigns - NC - District 09 Race - Nov 07, 2006 ] ]

Two Charlotte-area Democrats have announced challenges to Myrick in 2008: Harry Taylor and Ross Overby. [ [http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/bush_critic_challenging_myrick Bush critic challenging Myrick | newsobserver.com projects ] ]

Myrick was one of the leading Republican opponents of an abortive 2006 sale of port operations at six major American ports along the East Coast to Dubai Ports World, a state-owned company from the United Arab Emirates. In a February 22 2006 letter to President Bush, Myrick wrote: "In regards to selling American ports to the United Arab Emirates, not just NO — but HELL NO!". [ [http://images.redstate.com/images/myrickuae.pdf Letter to the President] ]

Myrick is on the advisory board of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, an organization which creates and endorses Bible-based curricula for public schools.

Some American Muslims have expressed anger against Myrick for describing the Islamic Society of North America as a group of "radical jihadists" in an open letter objecting to the United States Justice Department sending envoys to the Islamic Society's annual convention. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/04/us/04muslims.html "Abandon Stereotypes, Muslims in America Say"] by Neil MacFarquar, "New York Times", 2007-09-04] [ [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=280364244485437 Interview with Investors Business Daily] ]

In April, 2008, Myrick called on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to revoke former President Jimmy Carter's passport for defying U.S. policy and meeting with the leaders of the militant group Hamas, including the exiled Khaled Mashaal, on his visit to Syria. [http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/04/18/congresswoman-wants-carters-passport-pulled/ "Congresswoman wants Carter’s passport pulled"] by Mickey McLean, "Word on the Web", 2008-04-18]

Myrick voted against the $700 billion bailout package on 9/29/08.Myrick then voted in support of the subsequent Senate bailout package on 10/03/08.

Committee assignments

*Energy and Commerce Committee
**Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
**Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
**Subcommittee on Health
*Deputy Whip
*Founder of the Congressional Anti-Terrorism Caucus
*Co-chair of the House Cancer Caucus

eat history

The Charlotte-based district represented by Myrick has been continuously represented since 1943, when North Carolina gained a district as a result of the 1940 United States Census. It was formed as the 10th District in 1943, renumbered as the 8th District in 1963 and has been numbered as the 9th District since 1969. The district was one of North Carolina's first Republican areas, though it is not considered to be as heavily Republican as the neighboring 10th District, or even the 5th District. Republicans have represented the district since 1963.

The district has always included all or most of Charlotte. It currently includes more than half of Mecklenburg County, two-thirds of Union County and almost all of Gaston County. 52.5 % of the District's residents voted for John Kerry in 2004.

* Joseph Ervin died in office and was succeeded by his brother Sam in a special election.

Source: [http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/usrep.html Political Graveyard database of North Carolina congressmen]

References

External links

* [http://myrick.house.gov/ Representative Sue Myrick] official U.S. House site
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sue_Wilkins_Myrick Profile] at SourceWatch Congresspedia
* [http://www.bluenc.com/suemyrick BlueNC's coverage of Sue Myrick] - NC politics website